Caroline Frances Crandall (1826 - 1906)

Born 8 May 1826 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Wife of Alpheus William Randall — married 20 Jul 1845 in Killingly, Connecticut

Wife of Allen George Oatley — married 17 Aug 1851 in Rhode Island, United States

Died 25 Dec 1906 at age 80 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Caroline Frances Oatley died at 989 Westminster Street in Providence, Rhode Island on 25 December 1906 aged 80 years, 7 months and 17 days. She was the widow of Allen G. Oatley and was born in Providence, the daughter of John and Mary T. Crandall, her calculated date of birth being 8 May 1826.^[1]

Caroline is buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband, Allen G. Oatley, and two infant sons, William Herbert Oatley and Frank Allen Oatley.^[2]

Caroline F. Crandall and Alpheus W. Randall were married in Killingly, Connecticut on 20 July 1845 by Rev. Benjamin C. Phelps.^[3]

According to a biography of Caroline's husband, Alpheus William Randall, posted on his Find A Grave memorial page, Alpheus married Caroline Francis Crandall in Killingly, Connecticut on 20 July 1854 [sic]. After their marriage, Alpheus enlisted as private for service during the Mexican War (Mexican War pension certificate no. 19,703) and after the war he divorced Caroline and moved to California.^[4]

Caroline married second to Allen George Oatley in Rhode Island on 17 August 1851.^[5] They were residing in Providence in 1860 with their three children, Ella, age 8, Walter, age 6, and Frederick, age 2.^[6]

In 1870, Caroline and Allen Oatley were still living in Providence with their four children, M. Ella, age 18, Walter M., age 16, Frederick H., age 11, and Carrie M., age 4.^[7]

In 1880, Carrie F., age 54 and Allen Oatley, age 51, an agent for a coal dealer, born in England, resided at 53 Harrison Street in Providence with three of their children, Walter M., age 26, M. Ella, age 28, and Carrie E., age 14.^[8]

In 1900, Caroline Oakley, born May 1826 in Rhode Island, a widow who had been married for 40 years and was the mother of seven children, four of whom were still living, resided as a boarder in the household of Sydney Cornell in Cranston, Rhode Island. 34-year-old Carrie E. Oakley, born in January 1866, an office clerk, is also a boarder in the household.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Rhode Island, Department of Health, 1906 Deaths, p. 237, no. 41, entry for Caroline Frances Oatley (25 December 1906), State Archives, Providence; digital image, Rhode Island, Secretary of State, "Deaths, 1906" (https://sosri.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_3873acf7-52c3-4c06-b2c2-40a27e7e9090/ : accessed 20 September 2021).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110681971/caroline-f-oatley : accessed 20 September 2021), memorial page for Caroline F. Crandall Oatley (1826-1906), Find A Grave Memorial #110681971, citing North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, gravestone photograph by kickstand.
3. ↑ Lorriane Cook White, ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994-2002), Killingly, p. 327, entry for Alpheas W. Randall and Caroline F. Crandall, citing Vol. 2, p. 29a; imaged in "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1062/images/VBMDUSACT1634_0020-0337 : accessed 20 September 2021).
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118352641/alpheus-william-randall : accessed 20 September 2021), memorial page for Alpheus William Randall (7 Aug 1828–12 Feb 1916), Find A Grave Memorial #118352641, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California.
5. ↑ "Rhode Island, U.S., Marriage Index, 1851-1920," entry for Allen G. Oatley and Caroline F. Crandall (1851), database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4263/ : accessed 20 September 2021).
6. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Providence County, Rhode Island, pop. sched., Ward 7, Providence, p. 109 (penned), dwelling 632, family 913, Allen Oatley household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4293577_00591 : accessed 20 September 2021).
7. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Providence County, Rhode Island, pop. sched., Ward 7, Providence, p. 128 (penned), dwelling 764, family 1134, Allen G. Oatley household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4276500_00484 : accessed 20 September 2021).
8. ↑ 1880 U.S. census, Providence County, Rhode Island, pop. sched., ED 43, Providence, dwelling 22, family 36, Allen F. Oatley household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244437-00034 : accessed 20 September 2021).
9. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, Providence County, Rhode Island, pop. sched., ED 117, Cranston, sheet 18B, dwelling 408, family 442, Caroline and Carrie E. Oakley in Sydney C. Cornell household; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120526_00417 : accessed 20 September 2021).